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Chapter 129: Poor bones by the river, still the dream lover of the boudoir

After night fell, the summer heat in the mountains subsided a lot. The wind blew through the leaves, and the rustling sound was heard in my ears. There was a certain tranquility in the mountains.

Lu Zhan and Xie Chunyan sat on the mountainside, and saw the glow of fireflies across the river, flickering in the air, weaving among the trees in the village.

Xu Zeli was tending to the fire nearby, feeling a little depressed: "Brother Lu, how are you going to deal with the female ghost?"

Lu Zhan did not answer him, but asked: "Brother Xu, your old house has been sold, why did you suddenly come back to Huali Village?"

"I..." Xu Zeli paused: "I miss my hometown, so I came here to take a look."

Actually it is not.

The Black Water Sect sent a message asking him to continue trying to find ways to win over Lu Zhan. Knowing that Lu Zhan had a weakness of greed for money, the higher-ups gave him 500 taels of silver as funds to win him over.

It is easy to take advantage of someone who has one of the two weaknesses of greed and lust, let alone Lu Zhan has both. In the eyes of the superiors, winning over Lu Zhan should be an easy task.

Xu Zeli had just joined the Black Water Sect and was not good at doing this kind of thing. Last time in the secret realm, he was almost led by Lu Zhan, so he thought hard and finally came up with a solution.

First, he had to find a suitable opportunity to bribe Lu Zhan with the five hundred taels. As long as Lu Zhan accepted it, he would have a handle on him, and he would be able to control him in the future.

"You sang and danced in the village every night, and the villagers were afraid of you. Now that you are sober, what are your plans for the future?"

...

The female ghost looked absent-minded as she looked at the people in front of her. She was not afraid, but just a little confused.

Lu Zhan walked up to the female ghost, but she seemed not to have noticed his coming. She continued to sing and dance, waving her sleeves. Her dancing was as graceful as that of the courtesan in Lanxiefang.

"What they said is true. The general really died in battle." The female ghost looked ahead dimly with empty eyes, as if she had lost all her energy in an instant.

People from all over the world bully him, and even he is scolded in the Black Water Sect. It turns out that what he said before, "Joining the Holy Church will lead to sudden success", was all a lie. He is just a low-level minion, but he can't turn back.

He is now conscious.

I was even more impressed by the fact that the people in Huali Village lived with ghosts and slept with songs. They did not repay kindness with enmity because of the female ghost's identity. Instead, they lived in harmony with her. This trip was wonderful.

Lu Zhan sighed a little, he had thought that such love only existed in operas, but he had actually witnessed one now. He felt indescribable emotions in his heart, such as sadness, desolation, and helplessness, but more of them were sighs about the times and this love.

Xie Chunyan nodded. The ghost cultivator had no consciousness, but he was not really stupid. Instead, he was trapped in his obsession and could not extricate himself, so he was in a daze. He knew that Lu Zhan was the Night Doctor, so there should be a way to wake him up.

Xu Zeli was angry in his heart, but said: "Brother Lu, I have something to think about..."

"I also remember seeing my lover off..."

"My dear...it has been ten years since we last met...have you returned yet..."

The female ghost was suddenly stunned, looking at the ruined temple under her feet, and she actually let out a faint cry. The cry was so sad that she leaned over the pile of rocks, her clothes swaying in the wind, and she cried like an ordinary woman with her heart broken.

Although she didn't know what year it was, she still couldn't forget her obsession of waiting for the general's return. She sang the parting songs of the previous dynasty and danced the general's favorite dance, in a daze day after day until she met Lu Zhan and others today.

Even after waking up, I am still willing to wait, even if the person in the dream has already died in Beimang.

Lu Zhan and Xie Chunyan looked at each other, and their figures disappeared from the spot and headed towards the temple.

The general ignored other people's opposition and insisted on being with her and spending his life with her secretly.

Unexpectedly, there was a war on the border of Daqing, and Deng Jie had to leave. Before leaving, he redeemed Su Liu and waited for them to get married after he returned after the war.

The voice is sad and desolate.

The ghost girl bowed and said, "Thank you for waking me up, sir. If you hadn't woken me up, I would have disturbed the villagers. But... the things in front of me are no longer the same as before, and the people in front of me are no longer the same as before. Jinling is no longer what I recognize. Time flies and is so cruel... I only wish to stay in this temple and practice in peace, and not disturb the villagers anymore. Maybe... maybe one day, I can wait for Deng Lang's soul to return home."

"Wait for me!" Xu Zeli was furious. Just as he was about to catch up with him, he remembered the fire behind him. He had to lift up his robe, stomp out the fire, and then follow him.

The two originally thought that it would be some serious method, or that they might see the night doctor's skills, but they didn't expect it to be so simple and crude... But they were speechless, and the female ghost was indeed awake.

Xie Chunyan was delighted: "Looking at your young age with thick eyebrows and big eyes, I didn't expect you to be a bad person."

The moonlight shone brightly and crickets chirped in the bushes. The temple, which had been abandoned for hundreds of years, seemed to travel through time and return to the heyday of its popularity with the voice of the female ghost.

"Deng Jie, a famous general of the previous dynasty?" Xie Chunyan was a little surprised. "Deng Jie died in the Battle of Beimang due to the persecution of treacherous officials. It was the failure of that battle that caused the Daqing fortress to fall one after another, accelerating the demise of Daqing."

Lu Zhan followed Xu Zeli to a secluded alley, and Xu Zeli bowed to Lu Zhan, with an extremely polite attitude: "Excuse me, Brother Lu, how do you think about the last secret realm proposal?"

Xu Zeli was suddenly speechless and felt even more aggrieved.

When they were quite far away, Xie Chunyan whispered, "Guanqi, since she thinks the general's spirit is still around, why doesn't she go to Beimang to look for it? She is already a ghost cultivator, so it won't be difficult for her to go to Beimang."

Xu Zeli stared with his eyes wide open, as if he had not expected the scene to be so harmonious, harmonious to the point of being a little weird. Since ancient times, evil ghosts can be seen everywhere, but good ghosts are hard to find. But the one in front of him was actually a good ghost.

The temple is quiet and desolate, with a bright moon hanging in the sky, casting dim shadows on the wild grass.

Xie Chunyan and Xu Zeli both frowned. What a good idea! Let him try it. What a good way to wake up the female ghost.

When I left the temple, the singing behind me had stopped. The female ghost was sitting on the roof of the temple, gazing into the distance.

...

"I still remember the first time I met you..."

Xu Zeli, who came in a hurry, was also quite curious. He also wanted to see the night doctor's skills.

Lu Zhan sighed. Although the female ghost was a ghost, she was extremely pure. If she no longer fell into her muddle-headed obsession, perhaps she would have many good fortunes in the future.

As expected... Lu Zhan asked back: "Brother Xu, what do you think of my conditions at that time?"

She looked at the moon above her head, the temple behind her, and the person in front of her. When she saw the person's clothes clearly, she suddenly showed surprise: "Excuse me, sir, what year is it today?"

I lamented at the love that transcends life and death, but also lamented that I had too little experience. It turns out that there is such a thing as passionate and lingering love.

Don't you understand what people are saying? This is clearly asking you to avoid it... Xu Zeli gritted his teeth and said, "I have some hidden illness that is hard to talk about. I would like to ask Brother Lu to see me alone."

Su Liu stood in front of the city gate every day, hoping for the news of the general's triumphant return. But Deng Jie never came back, and two years passed without any news of victory. Instead, there was a rumor that the army he led was destroyed in Beimang.

"It's good that you know." Xie Chunyan looked at the looks of his wives and felt a little unhappy: "I have seen many evil ghosts who have killed countless people, but it is rare to see a loyal and good ghost with deep affection. If it is strangled, wouldn't it be a pity?"

Perhaps from the moment the news of defeat came, Su Liu already knew the truth, but she was unwilling to believe it. She firmly believed that the general would come back to find her. This was the only meaning of her survival.

"Let me try." Lu Zhan said.

During the flood fifty years ago, perhaps it was the evil spirit of the giant snake that made her sense the danger. She regained consciousness and saved the child who was caught in the flood, but she was also injured by the evil spirit of the giant snake and has fallen into a deep sleep ever since.

The female ghost turned to look at Lu Zhan. Her fair face was as pale as frost. She said, "Yes, I am waiting for the general to return..."

"The forty-eighth year of the Great Zhou Jiayuan period."

Even now, she firmly believes that one day, the general's soul will return to his hometown. This is her only obsession as a ghost.

Day after day, year after year.

Lu Zhan watched her dancing and listened to her singing with a thoughtful look on his face. Then he took out a talisman from his arms and stuck it on the female ghost.

A breeze blew in, making the flames flicker, and a woman's singing voice floated in the wind. The singing was so sad and plaintive, and it was particularly mournful in the dark night, making people feel a little chilly.

Su Liu already had the answer in her heart, but she was never willing to give up. She heard that there was a temple in Jinling City that was efficacious, so she came to pray to the gods. Unexpectedly, the enemy army broke into the city and she was trapped in the temple. In order to preserve her reputation, she hanged herself.

Lu Zhan raised his eyebrows: "Brother Xu is really thoughtful, but how to deal with the female ghost is the business of the demon-suppressing master, it has nothing to do with you."

Ghosts have no tears, but when Lu Zhan looked at her at this moment, he felt that although she was smiling, her face was already covered in tears and she looked extremely sad.

"What about Daqing?"

The war was not as quick as expected, and no news was received for more than half a year.

None of the three spoke, as if they couldn't bear to disrupt the picturesque tranquility.

If the obsession is gone, then everything will be gone.

He is indeed greedy for money. If he is greedy for money, things will be easier to deal with... Xu Zeli bowed and said politely: "Brother Lu is an open-minded person, so I can't hide anything. Brother Lu has taken the trouble to help me today, so I naturally want to thank him."

The willow trees in the temple have been shedding their leaves and sprouting new ones, and this cycle has been repeating for hundreds of years.

Xu Zeli's words were ambiguous, but he understood them. Of course, he didn't have the golden house he mentioned last time, but he still had the several hundred taels of silver.

Lu Zhan and Xie Chunyan looked at each other, feeling an indescribable sense of desolation in their hearts.

Xie Chunyan nodded without thinking about it carefully. He could see that Xu Zeli had something to say in private, but it had nothing to do with him... It’s none of his business to mind your boss’s business. This was the truth he realized after coming to Jinling.

"Ah!" The singing and dancing female ghost screamed in an instant, the singing stopped abruptly, the talisman became a floating green smoke, and was dispersed by a gust of wind.

Lu Zhan didn't point it out, and nodded at her: "If you need it, you can register with the Demon Suppression Bureau. In the future, as long as you don't do evil, even if a demon catcher encounters you, he will let you go."

After sleeping for decades, she woke up again.

Five silver notes, each with a face value of one hundred taels. Lu Zhan showed joy, but his mind was filled with thoughts.

But direct bribery would certainly not work, so he searched everywhere and finally found the ghost in Huali Village. After Lu Zhan dealt with the ghost, it would be reasonable for him to bribe Lu Zhan.

Because her obsession was too strong, her soul was still wandering here, like a puppet without intelligence, still waiting for the general to return.

He lowered his head and added firewood, his eyes were somewhat gloomy, but more of it was the grievance of impotence and rage.

Certain thoughts arose in his mind uncontrollably, and Lu Zhan asked, "Why are you wandering here, girl? Are you waiting for that general?"

The woman was originally Su Liu, a famous prostitute in the previous dynasty. At the end of the Daqing period, the famous general Deng Jie passed by Jinling and met her.

Lu Zhan and Xie Chunyan looked over there at the same time, but did not act rashly. They just listened attentively.

The bright moon shone on her, casting a layer of clear light on her. It was as if she had returned hundreds of years ago and was the girl waiting in front of the city gate for her lover to return.

Fireworks fade away easily, and people and things separate easily.

After that, Xu Zeli took out a few silver notes from his pocket and stuffed them into Lu Zhan's hand, very respectfully: "This is five hundred taels of silver notes, which I give to Brother Lu as a gift. I hope Brother Lu will not despise it and accept it. As for the golden house and beautiful wife that Brother Lu mentioned last time, as long as we become a family, they are all within reach."

Finally getting to the point, Lu Zhan said, "Brother Chun, wait for me here."

A figure in white was dancing in the dilapidated courtyard. Her clothes were of strange style, not like the style of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Her black hair rose and fell with her dance. Her voice was melodious and graceful, but with a hint of sorrow, which made it seem even more desolate and miserable among the broken tiles and ruins.

The pitiful bones by the Wuding River are still the person in the boudoir’s dreams.

"He...he didn't win..." The female ghost suddenly laughed.

"What are you thinking about?" Xie Chunyan glared at him.

"The Daqing Dynasty fell 296 years ago."

As long as he joins the Black Water Sect, it will not be a problem for him to have a golden house in the future... Sleeping on the floor today and becoming a boss tomorrow, this is a common pyramid scheme.

"It's a ghost cultivator." Xie Chunyan looked at the white light and said, "It's a ghost cultivator at the peak of the mortal realm, but it seems that he has no consciousness."

Xu Zeli: “…”

Although he said this, Xu Zeli was muttering in his heart that this guy was such a bastard. He was so kind to the female ghost, but was so ferocious to him. Could it be that he, Xu Zeli, was not even as good as a female ghost?

After an unknown amount of time, the ghost girl suddenly stood up, looking dazed, and asked stupidly, "Have you ever heard of a general named Deng Jie?"

Xu Zeli said hurriedly: "Yes, yes, yes..."

Su Liu did not believe that the general had died in battle, and was in a depressed mood, but he still came to the city gate every day to wait. Two years passed like this, and Daqing was on the verge of collapse. Many border cities were lost, and even outside the city of Jinling there were rebels eyeing it covetously.

Even Xu Zeli was a little emotional, and suddenly envied the love that lasted till death. It was a pity that marrying a wife now required a lot of money, and he didn't know that true love was priceless. He hated this unfair era and sighed: "The bright moon shines on me now, but has it ever shone on you? If we could bathe in the moon together, we would meet again. How sad and lamentable! Brother Lu was very considerate, but I was a little abrupt and almost killed a good ghost by mistake."

Lu Zhan bowed to the woman and said, "Excuse me, young lady."

"Thank you, sir." The female ghost bowed again.

...

Lu Zhan glanced at him and shook his head: "She may not be unaware of the truth, she just wants to leave herself some hope."

“Dead…dead…”

Lu Zhan accepted the money and asked, "Who does Brother Xu represent? Brother Xu has told me so much, and I naturally know that Brother Xu has good intentions, but I also need to know who Brother Xu represents. I can't just rashly join someone without knowing who the power is."

You've already taken the money, and you tell me you don't know which force it is... Xu Zeli was too lazy to expose it, he raised his fist towards the sky, his expression serious: "In heaven and on earth, the Holy Church reigns supreme."

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